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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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HISTORY
OF THE
SEVENTH REGIMENT OF
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NEW YORK
1806-1889
BY COLONEL EMMONS CLARK
VOLUME FIRST.
PRO PATRIA I ET GLORIA
RECIMENT NATIONAL GUARD SN.
NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE SEVENTH REGIMENT 1890
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COPYRIGHT, 1890, BY EMMONS CLARK.
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TO THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, WITH THE HOPE AND BELIEF THAT FROM THE RECORD OF THE GALLANT SERVICES OF THE REGIMENT TO THE CITY, THE STATE, AND THE NATION, OF ITS PATRIOTISM AND ITS LOYALTY TO LAW AND ORDER, AND OF ITS UNIFORM SUCCESS AND BRILLIANT PROSPERITY,
USEFUL LESSONS MAY BE LEARNED BY THOSE WHO SHALL HEREAFTER BE INTRUSTED WITH ITS GOOD NAME, ITS FAME, AND ITS FORTUNES. A KNOWLEDGE OF THE FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED SERVICE IN ITS RANKS OF MANY OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF DISTINGUISHED ABILITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS . MAY ALSO INSPIRE THE YOUNG MEN OF NEW YORK IN THE FUTURE TO IMITATE THEIR EXAMPLE AND FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS. THAT THE SEVENTH REGIMENT MAY CONTINUE ITS CAREER OF HONOR AND USEFULNESS UNTIL THE END OF TIME IS THE EARNEST WISH AND ARDENT HOPE OF
THE AUTHOR.
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PREFACE.
THE collection of the material for this book has occupied many of the leisure hours, during the past thirty years, of one who is very fond of the subject, and it has, therefore, been a labor of love and a pastime rather than a task. When it was commenced, nearly all the founders of the Seventh Regiment and the officers who were promi- nent in its early history were living, and the author was honored by their acquaintance and friendship. From personal interviews, which are a pleasant memory, and by free access to their military papers, accurate and reliable information was obtained in respect to the men and the events of a period in the history of the Regiment now far distant. To Colonel William Kumbel, who was adjutant of the Eleventh Regiment, New York State Artillery, during the War of 1812, the author was greatly indebted for information, verbal and documentary, in respect to the Second Battalion of that regiment, composed of the first four companies of the present Seventh Regiment from the date of their organization in 1806 to 1824. He was also under similar obligations to Colonels Wetmore and Stevens and to Sergeant Asher Taylor for the facts connected with the organization of the Regiment in 1824-'26 and its early history ; and to Colonels Smith, Vermilye, Bremner, and Duryee, and to Captains Shumway, Holt, Cumings, and Loutrel, for the same valuable assistance in con- nection with the eventful period extending from 1830 to 1857. All these distinguished officers, except Bremner and Duryee, have yielded to the inexorable demands of Time and have passed away ; and, but for these volumes, the information obtainable only from them would sooner or later be forever lost. From 1857 to 1889 the author has been an active member of the Seventh Regiment (for thirty years as an officer, and for twenty-five years as its commandant), and all the men and events of that period are almost as familiar to him as the persons and affairs of his own household.
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To write contemporaneous history, and especially to attempt bio- graphical notices of officers of the Seventh Regiment now living or well known to the present generation, would seem to be a hazardous undertaking. If it has been satisfactorily accomplished in this book, it is because the author during his long service in the Regiment has always appreciated and valued the services of those who have con- tributed to its welfare and prosperity, and because at the end of his military career he harbors no animosities or prejudices, and has no friends that he would unduly exalt in these pages, and no enemies that he would depreciate here or elsewhere.
It is confidently believed that in no instance are the merits and services of any officer of the Seventh Regiment magnified or exagger- ated in this book; but it is more than feared that many have not received the extended and favorable notice fairly earned and richly deserved. Were full justice done to all who have loyally served the Seventh Regiment during the present century, many volumes would be required, and the work would not be complete until the self-sacri- ficing, faithful, and earnest labors of many subaltern officers, non- commissioned officers, and privates, now unknown to fame, were emblazoned upon its pages. Loyalty and devotion have ever char- acterized the members of the Seventh Regiment, irrespective of rank or grade ; upon that firm foundation it was organized and has securely rested ; and, though the long, faithful, and devoted services of the men who have carried the musket in its ranks can not be fully and properly recorded or noticed in these pages, they are gratefully appre- ciated and remembered by every officer of the Regiment who is worthy of command or leadership.
Acknowledgments are due to the New York Historical Society and to the New York Society Library for free access to their books and papers during the preparation of these volumes; to Messrs. D. Appleton and Company for their valuable supervision of the publica- tion in all its details, and for the use of numerous cuts and vignettes ; and to Mr. Charles T. Dillingham for the loan of several plates to illustrate the book. E. C.
NEW YORK, December, 1889.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
THE MILITIA OF NEW YORK CITY. 1609-1805
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Voyage of Hendrick Hudson, 1; the Dutch Burgher Corps, 2; the militia under the Dutch governors, 3; Governor Peter Stuyvesant, 4; surrender of New Amsterdam, 5; the first militia law, 6; the second Dutch administration, 7; surrender to the English, 7; the English governors and the militia, 8; accession of William and Mary, 9; Captain Jacob Leisler, 10; the militia law of 1691, 10; the New York regiment of militia, 13; the militia in the French and Indian wars, 13; the militia under Lord Bellamont, 14; the militia under Lord Corn- bury, 15; the militia under Governor Hunter, 16; the militia under Governor Burnett, 17; parades of the militia, 18; the negro plot, 19; the militia under Governor Clinton, 21; the French and Indian War, 22; the soldiers' riot, 22; the Sons of Liberty, 23; the militia under Governor Tryon, 24; the militia in 1775, 25; last parade of the English militia, 26; the American Revolution, 27 ; militia laws of 1778-'86, 28; the regiment of artillery, 29; celebration of July 4th, 30 ; celebration of November 25th, 31 ; the doctors' mob, 32; inauguration of Washington, 33; the French Revolution, 33; the militia, 1790-'98, 34; con- test for promotion, 35 ; Colonel Sebastian Bauman, 36; the regiment of artillery in 1798, 37 ; insurrection at the State's prison, 38; funeral of Washington, 38; funeral of Hamilton, 39; the brigade of artillery, 39; the artillery, 1800-1805, 40 ; funeral of General John Lamb, 41 ; the new City Hall, 41 ; Fourth of July celebrations, 42; the artillerymen of 1805, 43.
CHAPTER I.
1806-1811
· . . 44
The right of search, 44; New York aroused, 45; new artillery companies organized, 46; the first four companies of the Seventh Regiment, 46 ; election of officers, 47 ; official recognition, 48 ; the first parade, 49; the Third Regiment of Artillery, 50 ; court-martial of Lieutenant-Colonel Sitcher, 50; the Chesapeake and Leopard, 51; the New York quota, 52; the new companies volunteer, 52; number of officers and men, 53; preparations for war, 54; the Third Artillery reorganized, 55; the Wallabout martyrs, 56; the militia in 1809-'10, 57 ; the Third Artillery in 1810, 58 ; parades in 1811, 59.
CHAPTER II.
1812-1815
. . . · · . 60
Artillery regiments renumbered, 60; war with England, 61; the Eleventh Regiment volunteers, 62; artillery practice, 63; the Eleventh Regiment in active
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service, 63; departure for Bedlow's and Ellis's Islands, 64; garrison-life at the islands, 65; complimentary orders, 66 ; military affairs in 1813, 67; funeral of Captain Lawrence, 68; the Eleventh Regiment in 1813, 68; the Harsen duel, 69; Majors Morgan, Fleming, and Forbes, 70; Captains Anderaise and Talcott, 71; New York alarmed, 72; work upon the fortifications, 72; "The Patriotic Diggers," 73; the Eleventh Regiment in the trenches, 74; mustered into United States service, 75; the North Battery, 76; New York safe, 78; the Eleventh Regiment mustered out, 79 ; celebration of peace, 80 ; Colonel Cornelius Harsen, -
81; Captains Bradhurst and Rockwell, 82; General Ebenezer Stevens, 83; the artillery uniform of 1815, 84.
CHAPTER III.
1816-1824 .
· 85
Parades in 1816, 85; the Eleventh Regiment in 1816, 86; General Peter Curtenius, 87 ; the Eleventh Regiment in 1817-'18, 88; Colonel Thomas R. Mer- cein, 89 ; the Eleventh Regiment in 1819, 90; parades of the year, 91; Lieu- tenant-Colonel William Kumbel, 92; the Eleventh Regiment in 1820, 93 ; mili- tary tactics, 94; the Eleventh Regiment in 1821, 95; Dooley's Long Room, 95; the military of the State, 96; the new State Constitution, 97; the veterans of 1812, 98; parades in 1823, 99; General Horatio Gates Stevens, 100; General James Benedict, 100; the proposed new regiment, 101; execution of John John- son, 101; military criticism in 1824, 102.
CHAPTER IV.
1824
. 103
The new battalion, 103 ; the reception of Lafayette, 104; the name " National Guard," 105; origin of the gray uniform, 105; the uniform described, 106; first Board of Officers, 107 ; the companies numbered, 107; names of officers, 108; the Shakespeare Tavern, 108 ; the coat-of-arms, 109 ; organization of new companies, 110 ; the first parade, 110; annual inspection, 111; Fifth Company, 111; Sixth Company, 111; the fathers of the Seventh Regiment, 112; Major John D. Wil- son, 113; Captain William B. Curtis, 113; Captain Oliver M. Lownds, 114; Sergeant Asher Taylor, 114.
CHAPTER V.
1825
. . . 116 .
National Guards transferred, 116; the Second Regiment, N. Y. S. A., 116; the first National Guard ball, 117; Major Irad Hawley, 118; July 4, 1825, 119 ; departure of Lafayette, 120; target excursion, 120; editors as marksmen, 121 ; minutes of Board of Officers, 122 ; the National Guards an independent battalion, 123; the first order, 123; first election of field-officers, 124; battalion orders, 124; resignations and elections, 125; Erie Canal celebration, 126; first annual inspection, 126 ; the arsenal-yard, 127 ; execution of James Reynolds, 127 ; regi- mental headquarters, 128; the Park Theatre, 129.
CHAPTER VI.
1826 .
. 130
New-Year's Day, 130; Scott's Tactics, 130; Fifth Company clection, 131; Bill of Dress, 132 ; regimental music, 134 ; Eighth Company organized, 134; the
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Twenty-seventh Regiment, 135; election of colonel, 135; Major Telfair, 136; first regimental standard, 137 ; presentation of flag, 138 ; the State flag, 139; the Middletown Cadets, 139 ; semi-centennial, July 4th, 140; great public festival, 140; Washington Parade-Ground, 141 ; death of Adams and Jefferson, 142; tar- get excursions, 142; excursion of officers, 143; annual inspection, 143; parades and drills, 144.
CHAPTER VII.
1837
. 146
Financial disasters, 146; Colonel Wetmore involved, 146; the Regiment ex- cited, 147; disobedience of orders, 148 ; court of inquiry, 148; Colonel Prosper M. Wetmore, 149; by-laws of the Board of Officers, 151; resignations and elec- tions, 155; Captains Williams, White, Ingraham, and Spicer, 155; Captain Warner cashiered, 156; the new administration, 157; changes in uniform, 158; annual inspection, 158; Captain David T. Valentine, 159; Eighth Company re- organized, 160.
CHAPTER VIII.
1828 ·
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Death of De Witt Clinton, 162; reception of Philadelphia Grays, 163 ; Lieu- tenant-Colonel Howard A. Simons, 163 ; resignation of Colonel Stevens, 164; election of Colonel Manning, 164; court-martial of Captain Holt, 165; Colonel John J. Manning, 166 ; election of Colonel Hart, 167 ; resignations and promo- tions, 167 ; the militia and the theatre, 168.
CHAPTER IX.
1829
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The Regiment inactive, 169; gray trousers proposed, 169; drills in citizens' dress, 170; famous parade, July 4th, 170 ; the Regiment retreats, 171 ; a court of inquiry, 171 ; an indignant manifesto, 172 ; anniversary parade, 174; annual in- spection, 174 ; regimental music, 175; target excursions, 176; the arms of the Regiment, 176.
CHAPTER X.
. · . 178 1830
Colonel Stevens re-elected, 178 ; new field-officers, 178; Colonel Levi Hart, 179 ; Major R. B. Boyd, 180 ; an encampment proposed, 180 ; knapsacks adopted, 181; funeral of Colonel Willett, 181; the French Revolution, 182; annual in- spection, 183; company excursions, 183; drill-rooms, 183; the state of the Regiment, 184.
CHAPTER XI.
1831
185
Regimental prosperity, 185 ; charity subseriptions, 185 ; amendments to Bill of Dress, 185; certificate of membership, 186 ; spring parades, 186; Boston City Guard, 187; Camp Clinton, 188 ; funeral of Monroe, 191; company affairs, 191 ; annual inspection, 192; history of Camp Clinton, 193 ; regimental statistics, 193.
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CHAPTER XII.
1832
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Congratulatory order, 194; petition to Legislature, 194 ; municipal collations, 195; centennial of Washington's birthday, 195; Washington's marquee, 196; the Lafayette medal, 197 ; letter of J. Fenimore Cooper, 198; letter of Lafay ette, 199; gray trousers, 200; fatigue jacket and cap, 200; Camp Putnam, 201; Asi- atie cholera, 203; annual inspection, 204 ; Adjutant William P. Millard, 204; company items, 205 ; Captain John H. Brower, 206.
CHAPTER XIII.
1833 .
. . 207
The Postley difficulty, 207 ; court of inquiry, 208; Governor Marcy's decision, 209; the Sixth. Company withdraws, 209; reception of General Jackson, 209; regimental parades, 210; annual inspection, 211; new Sixth Company, 211; company excursions, 212; company drill-rooms, 212.
1834
CHAPTER XIV. .
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· . 213
The new Sixth Company, 213 ; the election riot, 213; the capture of the arse- nal, 214; prompt action of the Regiment, 215; its services appreciated, 216 ; Gen- eral Arcularius's report, 216 ; funeral of Lafayette, 217; Camp Hamilton, 218; tent-life iu Hamilton Square, 219; the abolition riot, 220 ; encounter with the mob, 222 ; the Regiment honored, 223 ; alarm-signals, 224; proposed changes in uniform, 225 ; Colonel Linus W. Stevens, 226; musket-racks or "armories," 227; regimental music, 228.
CHAPTER XV.
1835 .
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. . 229
Election of field-officers, 229 ; changes in uniform, 229; Bill of Dress, 230; new stand of colors, 232; coat-of-arms, 233 ; presentation by Governor Marcy, 234; the Order of Merit, 234; preparations for "trial of skill," 235; first drill for Order of Merit, 236; members of the order, 237; badge of the order, 237; first meeting of the Order, 238 ; target excursions, 238; Captain Philetus H. Holt, 239; Scott's Tactics revised, 240; the great fire of 1835, 241; services of the Regiment, 241; gallantry of Colonel Smith, 242.
CHAPTER XVI.
. . 243 1836 .
The stevedore riot, 243; opinions of the press, 244; exemption from jury duty, 244; changes in uniform, 245; preparations for "trial of skill," 245 ; the trial of skill, 246 ; Eighth Company victorious, 247; the Seventh Company inconsolable, 247 : Captain John Telfair Cairns, 248; exit Order of Merit, 249 ; parades of the year, 249; General Jacob Morton, 250; company parades, 251 ; Captain Samuel D. Denison, 252; new headquarters, 253.
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CHAPTER XVII. .
1837 .
PAGE . 254
The flour riot, 254 ; great money panic, 255; Colonel Morgan L. Smith, 256; Major Edward Roome, 257; parades and drills, 257; application to the city for drill-rooms, 258 ; petition of Second Company, 259; gray fatigue-jacket, 259; company excursions, 260 ; New York Brass Band, 260.
CHAPTER XVIII.
1838
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. . 261
The National Guard Troop, 261 ; the Centre Market Drill-Rooms, 262; pa- rades of the year, 262; company drills and excursions, 262; Captain Charles W. Teller, 263 ; Captain Charles W. Roome, 263 ; state of the Regiment, 264 ; mili- tary peculiarities, 264 ; the first chaplain, 265.
CHAPTER XIX.
1839
. . 266
Centre Market Drill-Rooms, 266 ; the Seventh Company reorganized, 266; Major N. S. Burt, 267 ; the Regiment at Fort Hamilton, 267 ; reception of Presi- dent Van Buren, 268 ; failure to parade July 4th, 269; military life at Fort Ham- ilton, 269 ; Colonel John M. Catlin, 270 ; parades of the year, 271 ; the Heidelberg War, 272 ; regimental courts-martial, 273.
CHAPTER XX.
274 1840
The new administration, 274 ; novel brigade measures proposed, 274 ; Thomp- son's Hall, 275; the Croton-water riots, 276 ; reception of Vice-President John- son, 276 ; parades and drills, 277 ; company excursions, 277 ; the Sixth Company stampede, 278; court-martial of Captain Conger, 279 ; supernumerary officers, 279 ; regimental courts-martial, 280.
CHAPTER XXI.
1841
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Funeral of President Harrison, 281; the Hancock Light Infantry, 282 ; drills and parades, 282; Captain Robert W. Beach, 283; proposed transfer of Troop, 283; the Troop victorious, 284; company excursions, 284; proposed changes in uniform, 285.
CHAPTER XXII.
1842 c ·
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. 286
The great hat contest, 286 ; the new hat, 287; ball at "The Bowery," 287 ; " The Apollo," 287 ; parades of the year, 287; the Albany Republican Artil- lery, 288; Croton-water celebration, 288; company affairs, 289; state of the Regiment, 289 ; regimental clubs, 290.
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CHAPTER XXIII.
PAGE 291
1843
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward T. Backhouse, 291; Adjutant Samuel McAllis- ter, 292; Surgeon Gurdon J. Leeds, 292; reception of President Tyler, 293 ; first excursion to Boston, 293; Bunker Hill Monument, 294; dinner at Faneuil Hall, 294 ; National Guard of Easton, 295 ; Bill of Dress, 295 ; a regimental armory proposed, 296 ; company drills, 297; nomination of officers, 297; Captain John Cumings, 298; Captain William W. Lyon, 299; State arms received, 300; com- pany by-laws, 300 ; loaning uniforms, 301.
CHAPTER XXIV.
1844
A battle for a name, 302 ; Colonel William Jones, 303 ; a fight for a drill- room, 304; Captain Duryee court-martialed, 305 ; parades of the year, 305; an- nual inspection, 306 ; Boston City Grays, 306 ; company excursions, 306 ; Cap- tain Wright F. Conger, 307 ; St. John's Hall, 308 ; Mercer House, 308 ; Broad- way House, 308 ; Military Hall, 309 ; Lafayette Hall, 309 ; company "soirées," 309 ; officers' fatigne-uniform, 310; proposed regimental armory, 310 ; an excit- ing presidential election, 311; Anti-rent war, 311.
CHAPTER XXV.
1845
Regimental music, 312 ; Second Company exhibition drill, 312; the Board of Honor, 313 ; Lieutenant-Colonel George G. Waters, 313 ; funeral of General Jackson, 313; reception of Secretary of War, 314; Camp Schuyler, 314; Captain Waugh's exploits, 316 ; the Troop indignant, 317; Camp Schuyler reviewed, 318 ; great fire of 1845, 319 ; Colonel Washington R. Verinilye, 319 ; annual inspection, 320 ; retreat of General Hall's brigade, 321 ; Captain Abram Denike, 322; Cap- tain John S. Cocks, 322.
CHAPTER XXVI.
1846
. 323
Bill of Dress amended, 323 ; first sergeants indignant, 323 ; new militia law, 323 ; drills and parades, 324; annual inspection, 324; company excursions, 324; Captain Henry R. Mount, 325 ; prosperity, present and prospective, 325.
CHAPTER XXVII.
1847
. 326
Military funerals, 326 ; the Mexican War, 326; reception of President Polk, 327; new militia law, 327 ; the Twenty-seventh Regiment becomes " the Sev- enth," 328 ; the First Division, 329; parades of the year, 329; Washington Monument, 330; the " Fighting Seventh," 330 ; company affairs, 331.
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1848
CHAPTER XXVIII.
PAGE . 332
Regimental music, 332; funeral of John Quincy Adams, 332; reception of General Scott, 333; military funerals, 334; reception of New York Volunteers, 334; annual inspection, 335; Colonel Andrew A. Bremner, 336 ; the eight com- panies, 337 ; Captain Cyrus H. Loutrel, 338; target excursions, 339.
1849
CHAPTER XXIX. . 340
Dingle's Band, 340 ; ho ! for California, 340; the Engineer Corps, 341 ; For- rest and Macready, 341 ; the Astor Place Riot, 342; gallantry of the Regiment, 344 ; official reports, 348; complimentary orders, 349 ; hostility to the Regiment, 349 ; the Fifth Company, 349 ; a court-martial, 350 ; July 4, 1849, 350 ; first pa- rade after the riot, 351 ; first sergeants' swords, 351 : parade of the ununiformed, 352 ; annual inspection, 353; the Worth funeral, 353; new equipments, 354; resignations and promotions, 354 ; the state of the Regiment, 355.
CHAPTER XXX.
1850
An irrepressible adjutant, 356; Hungarian exiles, 357 ; an incompetent cap- tain, 358 ; excursion to Newport, 359; visit to Boston, 359; Drum-Major Teller, 360 ; funeral of General Taylor, 361; General Paez, 361; reception of Boston Lancers, 362; Surgeon William B. Eagar, 362; Major Thomas Morton, 363; overcoats adopted, 364; new armory proposed, 364; the feu-de-joie, 365; finan- cial, 366.
CHAPTER XXXI.
1851
. . 367
Washington's birthday, 367 ; parade in overcoats, 367; the Lancer's color, 368; collation at the Apollo, 369; the Fifth Company protest, 369 ; reception of President Fillmore, 370 ; Board of Privates, 370 ; funeral of Adjutant Divver, 371 ; Major Joseph A. Divver, 372; the Daughter of the Regiment, 373; Louis Kossuth, 374 ; the great Kossuth meeting, 374; the Kossuth excitement, 375 ; company items, 376.
CHAPTER XXXII.
1852
377
Forrest vs. Forrest, 377; Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew B. Brinckerhoff, 378; the new Seventh Regiment Band, 379; the Fifth Company indignant, 380; Camp Trumbull, 381 ; the Fifth Company excursion, 382; funeral of Clay, 383; funeral of Webster, 383; annual inspection, 384 ; financial, 384.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
1853 .
385
New City Arsenal, 385 ; the Daughter of the Regiment, 386 ; Captain Frederick Creighton, 386; new uniform hat, 387; reception of President Pierce, 388; a
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division in Fifth Company, 388; annual inspection, 389 ; death of Captain Tom- linson, 389 ; recruiting medals, 390.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
1854
. . 391
Regimental armory projects, 391 ; regimental uniform, 392; uniform of musi- cians, 392 ; annual inspection, 392 ; regimental assessments, 393 ; percussion mus- kets, 393; company affairs, 393.
CHAPTER XXXV.
1855
. 394
Tompkins Market, 394; the Seventh Regiment petition, 394; action of the Common Council, 395 ; the regimental medal, 395; Lieutenant MacGregor's case, 396 ; St. Patrick's-Day, 397 ; native Americanism, 397; Camp Worth, 398; a fatal accident, 400; generous action of the Regiment, 407 ; the new Drum Corps, 401 ; annual inspection, 402.
1856
CHAPTER XXXVI.
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. . 403
New fatigue-caps, 403 ; Tompkins Market Armory, 403; the Castle lawsuit, 404; the Washington statue, 404; company anniversaries, 405 ; military scrib- blers, 405 ; the Kingston Grays, 406; annual inspection, 407 ; First Company troubles, 407 ; the lance corporal, 408 ; Captain Lewis H. Watts, 408.
1857
CHAPTER XXXVII. . 409
Company designations, 409 ; National Drill-Rooms, 409 ; excursion to Boston, 410; the "police " riot, 410 ; Boston and Bunker Hill, 412; the " Dead Rabbit" riot, 413; the Jackson snuff-box, 414; an unwarrantable intrusion, 415; a lib- eral donation, 416 ; the ship National Guard, 416 ; the Worth monument, 417 ; the charity ball, 417.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
1858
. . 419
Hardee's Tactics, 419 ; Boston Light Infantry, 420; the remains of ex-Presi- dent Monroe, 420 ; the voyage to Richmond, 421 ; the Warwick Mill banquet, 422 ; a day in Richmond, 423 ; from Richmond to Washington, 424; review by the President, 425 ; visit to Mount Vernon, 426; death of Hamilton, 427 ; the Hall controversy, 428 ; the mutiny of the band, 428 ; Bailey, of the " Mercury," 429 ; Montreal Field Battery of Artillery, 429 ; the Atlantic Cable celebration, 430; new stand of arms, 431.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
1859
. . 433
The Quarantine War, 433 ; the Wolfe testimonial, 434; the Hall controversy, 434; serenade to Colonel Duryce, 435 ; the Mount Vernon Association, 436; the
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Veteran Association, 437 ; resignation of Colonel Duryee, 437 ; Colonel Abram Duryee, 438; election of colonel, 439 ; the Richmond Grays, 440 ; the Baltimore City Guard, 441 ; the Duryee testimonials, 442 ; a new band, 442 ; the mayoralty election, 443; Captain Robert E. Launitz, 444.
CHAPTER XL.
1860
. 445
Grafulla's Seventh Regiment Band, 445; excursion to Washington, 445; in- auguration of a statue, 446; preparations for encampment, 448; Tompkins Mar- ket Armory, 449 ; the Troop and the Engineers, 450; the Japanese embassy, 451 ; Camp Scott, 452 ; the Chicago Zouaves, 455 ; visit to West Point, 456 ; the Wash- ington colors, 457 ; Tompkins Market Armory, 458; reception of the Prince of Wales, 460; Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar M. Crawford, 462; bayonet exercise, 463 ; company coats-of-arms, 464; state of the Regiment, 464.
CHAPTER XLI.
1861 .
The Tompkins Market Armory, 465; Washington's birthday, 466 ; secession and rebellion, 467 ; action of the Regiment, 468; the fall of Fort Sumter, 469 ; the Seventh Regiment volunteers, 470; orders to march, 471; departure of the Regiment, 473 ; news from Baltimore, 475 ; at Philadelphia, 476; a council of war, 477 ; departure for Annapolis, 478; General Butler in Philadelphia, 479; the uprising of the North, 480; the voyage to Annapolis, 480; arrival at Annap- olis, 482; the Eighth Massachusetts, 483; Annapolis Harbor, 484; General But- ler's speech, 485 ; the day at Annapolis, 487 ; a disputed command, 488; Colonel Lander, 489 ; a night alarm, 490; the advance-guard, 491; its adventures, 492; the march of the Regiment, 493 ; bridge-building, 494 ; the march at night, 495 ; a dangerous mistake, 496; at Annapolis Junction, 497 ; arrival at Washington, 498.
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